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Somalia
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AFEX condemns the actions of the Somali Government against...
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) condemns the freezing of the bank account of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and calls on the...
Burundi
Freedom of Expression Violations
AFEX condemns the detention of journalist Sandra Muhoza
On April 14, 2024, journalist Sandra Muhoza with online media outlet La Nova Burundi was reportedly arrested by the police and later handed over...
Uganda Freedom of Expression Violations
Police Release Vision Group Journalist on Bond
Police in Kamuli released Gwebayanga Tom, a Vision Group Correspondent in Buyende district on 22nd April 2020 after spending a night in a police...
West Africa Freedom of Expression Violations
The Media and COVID-19 in West Africa (April 6 – April 12, 2020)
This week the world began to see a glimmer of hope with the steady reductionin the number of COVID-19 infections in the worst hit...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
Nigeria: IPC Flays Continuing Attacks on Journalists and the Media
The International Press Centre, Lagos has again decried the rising spate of assaults on journalists and the media by law enforcement and security agents...
West Africa Freedom of Expression Violations
Seizure and Destruction of Journalists’ Digital Tools: The Data Privacy and Censorship Implications
The Media Foundation for West Africa’s (MFWA) monitoring of freedom of expression violations in West Africa has established a growing trend of seizure and...
Zimbabwe Freedom of Expression Violations
MISA Zimbabwe Condemns Arrest of Journalist Over Accreditation
Senior journalist Kudzanai Musengi was arrested in Gweru Central Business District this morning in the course of his official duties. Police accused him of...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
MRA Condemns Attacks on Journalists Covering COVID-19, Calls on Government of Nigeria to Ensure Respect for Media Freedom
LAGOS, Monday, March 30, 2020: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the increasing cases of attacks by law enforcement and security agencies on journalists...
Guinea Freedom Of Assembly
42 Protesters Killed, Over Two Hundred Arrested in Nine Months: The Sad State of Human Rights in Guinea
Over the past nine months (June 2019 – March 2020), about 42 people have been killed, over one hundred arrested and hundreds more injured...
Liberia Freedom of Expression Violations
Liberian Journalists March to Protest Attacks
Scores of journalists have marched through the Liberian capital Monrovia to denounce “brutal attacks” against journalists and media workers.
The march organized by the Press...
West Africa Free Expression and The Law
February 2020 in West Africa: Two Dead, Internet Disrupted and State Broadcaster Shutdown
The freedom of expression environment in West Africa in February 2020 saw little improvement on that of January with incidents of deaths, detentions and...
Guinea Freedom of Expression Violations
Guinea Must Take Urgent Steps to End Bloodshed against Protesters
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned about the increasing death toll from the serial protests that have rocked Guinea over...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
Boko Haram Islamist Sect Leader Warns Journalists, Threatens Others
The Boko Haram Islamist sect leader,Abubakar Shekau, has warned journalists to be careful about their reporting of the sect’s activities and threatened to “deal”...
Nigeria Freedom of Expression Violations
Two Journalists Attacked During Polls as Election Coverage Turns Dangerous for Nigeria’s Media
In what is turning out to be a disturbing trend at the polls, two journalists who were covering the rerun Senate elections in Akwa...